With the continuous expansion of the application field and the continuous improvement of the technical level, the demand for ultrasonic diagnostic equipment has maintained a good growth trend.
Ultrasound inspection technology is divided into traditional A-mode ultrasound (one-dimensional ultrasound), B-mode ultrasound (two-dimensional ultrasound), three-dimensional ultrasound and four-dimensional ultrasound.
B-mode ultrasound uses the physical characteristics of ultrasound in human tissues such as reflection and refraction, and receives signals through specific instruments to display the morphology of various tissues and organs, thereby judging the location, nature, and even the degree of damage to the disease.
What we usually call B-ultrasound actually refers to black-and-white two-dimensional B-mode ultrasound, which is a flat ultrasound that only contains length and width. The collected images are black and white two-dimensional planes. We observe through these black and white photos The tissue structure of the fetus, the detection of placental amniotic fluid and other conditions. The full name of color Doppler ultrasound is color Doppler ultrasound, which is high-definition B ultrasound plus color Doppler. The simple understanding of three-dimensional ultrasound and four-dimensional ultrasound is to make the image clearer on the basis of B-mode ultrasound. Among them, four-dimensional ultrasound can know the gender.
Compared with CT, MRI, X-ray and other detection methods, ultrasound diagnosis has real-time scanning (except MRI), non-invasive (except MRI), no radiation (except MRI), and relatively low price. The equipment can be moved and scanned. Advantages such as flexible checking methods. Generally, medical ultrasound equipment can be divided into black and white ultrasound equipment, color ultrasound imaging equipment, ultrasound endoscope equipment and portable ultrasound imaging equipment. Nowadays, portable/handheld ultrasound imaging equipment is becoming more and more popular. The portability of the equipment can greatly improve diagnosis efficiency, allowing doctors to use it freely in large hospitals or remote small clinics.
The multi-purpose whole body machine may be gradually replaced. Since the size, shape, frequency, and operation methods of the various specialized ultrasound instruments are not completely equivalent, the whole body color Doppler ultrasound will be developed to the specialty color Doppler ultrasound.
Application extension. The development of ultrasound medical technology is endless, such as elastic ultrasound imaging, ultrasound-enhanced contrast imaging, navigation fusion, etc. These new technologies are highly integrated, and the integrated application with ultrasound intervention as the center has brought revolutionary changes to ultrasound medicine and broadened the scope of medical ultrasound equipment. For broad and profound application prospects. Combine with artificial intelligence.
Since there are no standardized ultrasound image acquisition, image quality control, and transmission standards for ultrasound medical examination, it is difficult to have large-scale remote reading for ultrasound medical diagnosis at this stage. Therefore, assisting grassroots doctors to solve diagnosis problems in real time through artificial intelligence equipped on ultrasound equipment is an effective solution to alleviate the uneven level and shortage of grassroots medical experts and promote hierarchical diagnosis and treatment.
Portable/handheld ultrasound will be widely used. Due to its portability, low power consumption, high performance, and easy operation, portable ultrasound is increasingly required and recognized by medical institutions. New technologies continue to develop, and every technological change will bring opportunities for overtaking in corners. On the whole, the market development of ultrasound instruments will be dominated by multi-functional color Doppler ultrasound, and the demand for portable color Doppler ultrasound and handheld color Doppler ultrasound is increasing.
